Below are monthly time series of mean sea surface temperature (SST, \(^\circ\)C) and chlorophyll-a concentration (Chla, mg m-3) for regions and stations of interest, including Marine Protected Areas. Click on the tabs to view plots.

The SST is a 4km resolution product available from NOAA, covering late 1981 to 2020. The Chla is a 4km product available from the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group covering 2003 to 2020.

Note that these plots are current to 2020-12-31.

The time series are coloured by season: winter (January, February, March), spring (April, May, June), summer (July, August, September), and autumn (October, November, December).


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Oceanographic Regions (orange boundary):

Selected standard oceanographic stations used for further calculations are shown as yellow points (stations GI02, Mason53, P4). The statistics used are from a 5x5 pixel box centered at the station coordinates.




Monthly Time Series

The grey shaded area on the SST plots correspond to the Chla time series.

AOI

EHV

GH

Gwaii Haanas Marine Protected Area

East

South

West

Offshore

GI02

Mason-53

P4

SI

SK-B

SR

Hecate Strait/Queen Charlotte Sound Glass Sponge Reefs Marine Protected Area

Central

North

South


Climatology Plots

This is just a placeholder at the moment. Thinking similar to the buoy plots on the marine heatwave page.

Cumulative Statistics

This is also a placeholder, with some of the plots I updated in 2020.

AOI

Offshore Area of Interest

EHV

Endeavour Hydrothermal Vents Marine Protected Area

GH

Gwaii Haanas Marine Protected Area

East

South

West

SI

Scott Islands marine National Wildlife Area

SR

Hecate Strait/Queen Charlotte Sound Glass Sponge Reefs Marine Protected Area

Central

North

South


SST data last updated: 2021-01-01


Chla data last updated: 2021-01-01

 

Original analysis by Melanie Hardy, Emmanuel Devred and Charles Hannah

Hardy, M., Devred, E., and Hannah, C. 2021. Satellite observations of the Northeast Pacific Ocean. Can. Tech. Rep. Hydrogr. Ocean Sci. 335: vii + 46 p.

Assembly and modifications by Andrea Hilborn

Contact: Andrea.Hilborn@dfo-mpo.gc.ca